Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[Willy Nilly]

Weddings annoy me beyond reason.

[popeyewhite]

NoVetec said:

I'm with yellowjack on this one. I'd be more of a complicated chimpanzee if I continued attempting to do it the conventional way. My issue is with the knife in the right hand, fork - left or right - no problem. Just feels natural with the knife in the left hand as evidenced by my brutish butchery of everything on the plate if I allow it to be held in the right hand.

Is being dyspraxic a worthy defence?

It might be. I think the only possible excuse for most is if they are left-handed.

[ambuletz]

mine is quite a common office annoyance for people i feel.

when you're eating your lunch and people who come over/walk past/sat near you that proceed to lean over you to have a good look at your meal, judging asking 'oooo what have you got there then'.

with some narrow minded people being like 'ohh i dunno how you can eat that, i hate that, gross'.



casse in point, at work there are two people with stupid opinions.

female 1: i hate eggs, they're digusting, dont see how anyone can eat one, or eat anything with egg in it. (despite everyone else having eggs as part of their breakfast meal).

female 2: no no, the jerk chicken is disgusting, i hate it. the pizza is so much nicer. (despite the fact that the jerk chicken is a grilled quarter piece, and the most popular food item. and the pizza is basically a frozen pre-made dough and relatively bland). i should further add this female is asian so is used to spices and bold flavours.

[untakenname]

We have a no food rule at desks due to people taking the piss getting food that stinks out the whole floor.

Something that annoyed me this evening was the Sewing Bee, gf had it on and they we're making swim suits so thought I'd sit down with her to watch it, sat through the making part then they didn't model them afterwards

[talksthetorque]

Willy Nilly said:

Weddings annoy me beyond reason.

Have you got to undo one or pay for one?

[Frank7]

gothatway said:

This discussion reminds me of a car launch I attended many moons ago, where all attendees were given a plated hot meal which included several distinct components (for example, meat, potatoes, a couple of veg). One chap on our table spent about five minutes mashing everything together before taking his first mouthful of the resultant composite mush. He probably used his fork in his right hand as well.

Anyone else seen (or partake of) such behaviour ?

Yes, my wife’s brother.
It makes me feel vaguely nauseous to see him at a dining table.
We recently stayed at a hotel, where breakfast was a buffet affair, he loaded his plate with fried eggs, scrambled eggs, baked beans, bacon, sausage, and hash browns.
He cut the bacon and sausages into pieces, piling all of it on to the eggs, beans, and hash browns, and mashed it all down with his fork, then poured tomato ketchup on it all, then demolished the lot in maybe 25-30 seconds, then mopped up the remaining greasy mess with a couple of buttered rolls.
He does the same at a lunch time carvery, gets as much meat as he can, adds vegetables and gravy, then eats that normally.
As you can help yourself to more veg, but not meat, he’ll go back and pile his plate with roast potatoes, greens, carrots, parsnips, swede, and anything else available, pour gravy all over it, add mint sauce, then mash it all up with his fork, and eat every morsel.
He’s grossly overweight, and due to celebrate his 60th birthday in June, I hope he makes it, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he doesn’t.

[bigpriest]

untakenname said:

We have a no food rule at desks due to people taking the piss getting food that stinks out the whole floor.

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Poor management decisions that, instead of tackling the real issue (the fish-in-the-microwave minority), impact on everybody even though their behaviour has been perfectly acceptable. A morale-sapper.

[Eng274]

I am partial to an egg mayo sandwich, but I wouldn't dare inflict the smell of it on my work colleagues. I only enjoy that at home.

There are some individuals at my place of work who bring in lovely smelling curries and stews, and others who bring in cullen skink to be reheated in the microwave. Some hate one and don't mind the other, some are vice versa. There's no pleasing everybody so I just don't make it a problem, and just enjoy my coronation chicken sandwich in peace

[anonymous-user]

ambuletz said:

mine is quite a common office annoyance for people i feel.

when you're eating your lunch and people who come over/walk past/sat near you that proceed to lean over you to have a good look at your meal, judging asking 'oooo what have you got there then'.

with some narrow minded people being like 'ohh i dunno how you can eat that, i hate that, gross'.



casse in point, at work there are two people with stupid opinions.

female 1: i hate eggs, they're digusting, dont see how anyone can eat one, or eat anything with egg in it. (despite everyone else having eggs as part of their breakfast meal).

female 2: no no, the jerk chicken is disgusting, i hate it. the pizza is so much nicer. (despite the fact that the jerk chicken is a grilled quarter piece, and the most popular food item. and the pizza is basically a frozen pre-made dough and relatively bland). i should further add this female is asian so is used to spices and bold flavours.

Woman in my office (the only one in the team, and one too many), every single day, no matter what I (or any of my male colleagues) choose for lunch, it's always wrong, and has to be commented on. While she sits there and quietly demolishes scones, chocolate, crisps, nuts, cake, muffins etc.

It does however mean she is stacked up top, which is maybe a 5% reimbursement for the suffering she otherwise causes.

[j3gme]

“Public stretching “
You know the one....... gets out of the van, has a stretch, in the queue has a stretch, at the desk has a stretch! Go to bed early FFS

[NWTony]

V8mate said:

One chap is called James.

Referring to a room full of them would be the Jameses.

Their collective knitwear, for example, would the Jameses' jumpers.

Though if there was only one chap in a woolly pully, you'd refer to James's jumper - as the blank after an apostrophe only works where it is silent when spoken. If the possessive s is spoken, it's written too.

So the dogs' balls (silent possession) but Chris's foot long bratwurst with onions and mustard.

Can I just say thanks for that - I've been getting it (smugly) wrong for ages. There is a local chippy called Les's which I always tell people the s at the end isn't required, now I will have to regale them with an explanation of why it is Its Jesuses...jesus' ...jesus's fault.

[anonymous-user]

V8mate said:

The Mad Monk said:

OpulentBob said:

What if something belonged to more than one guy called James? How would you refer to that? I can't get my head around it.

James'.

One chap is called James.

Referring to a room full of them would be the Jameses.

Their collective knitwear, for example, would the Jameses' jumpers.

Though if there was only one chap in a woolly pully, you'd refer to James's jumper - as the blank after an apostrophe only works where it is silent when spoken. If the possessive s is spoken, it's written too.

So the dogs' balls (silent possession) but Chris's foot long bratwurst with onions and mustard.

I totally missed these responses... Thanks gang, that's much clearer!

[Halmyre]

Cotty said:

Tresco said:

I'm unfortunately convinced this will become entirely normal behaviour just like walking along a street eating food out of a wrapper barking into a mobile phone.

I thought that was normal behaviour. For as long as I have known fish chip shops have provided chip forks, so people can eat them out of the wrapper rather than take them home and plating them up.

Chip forks; look darling, I'm slumming it, pass the tartare sauce.

[ElectricSoup]

ambuletz said:

mine is quite a common office annoyance for people i feel.

when you're eating your lunch and people who come over/walk past/sat near you that proceed to lean over you to have a good look at your meal, judging asking 'oooo what have you got there then'.

with some narrow minded people being like 'ohh i dunno how you can eat that, i hate that, gross'.



casse in point, at work there are two people with stupid opinions.

female 1: i hate eggs, they're digusting, dont see how anyone can eat one, or eat anything with egg in it. (despite everyone else having eggs as part of their breakfast meal).

female 2: no no, the jerk chicken is disgusting, i hate it. the pizza is so much nicer. (despite the fact that the jerk chicken is a grilled quarter piece, and the most popular food item. and the pizza is basically a frozen pre-made dough and relatively bland). i should further add this female is asian so is used to spices and bold flavours.

Hell yes. "Ooo, that looks healthy!" is my favourite of this category. Get. To. fk.

Stinky desk food is another, apart form the couple of Indian chaps in my office. Their food smells absolutely heavenly, although it annoys be beyond reason that I'm so envious of it.

[ehonda]

Mrs Ehonda's Mini is moaning that it needs a brake fluid service, so I phone up the MINI dealer where it came from and got put through to a central booking facility for the dealership.
Explain that it is telling me it needs a brake fluid service and that I would like to get it booked in.
Since it is the wife's car I don't know what the mileage is, but she is away with work so I'm helping out.
I'm told that it is impossible to book the car in without knowing the mileage.
fking ludicrous and they just wouldn't budge 'Computer says 'no''. In hindsight I should have just made up the mileage. I'd take it somewhere else but it has a service pack so it's all paid for.
Unhelpful bds.

[nonsequitur]

j3gme said:

“Public stretching “
You know the one....... gets out of the van, has a stretch, in the queue has a stretch, at the desk has a stretch! Go to bed early FFS

I'm a stretcher. My old joints and muscles need a good work out after a long car journey, anything over 30 minutes actually, so they need a good stretch so that they can keep working and keep me upright. (Or I might require the other kind of stretcher)!

[NoVetec]

Eng274 said:

I am partial to an egg mayo sandwich, but I wouldn't dare inflict the smell of it on my work colleagues. I only enjoy that at home.

There are some individuals at my place of work who bring in lovely smelling curries and stews, and others who bring in cullen skink to be reheated in the microwave. Some hate one and don't mind the other, some are vice versa. There's no pleasing everybody so I just don't make it a problem, and just enjoy my coronation chicken sandwich in peace

And if anyone ever pisses you off, you can always microwave your coronation chicken sandwich.

[V8mate]

That I *have* to put on my right sock before my left sock.

[j_4m]

nonsequitur said:

j3gme said:

“Public stretching “
You know the one....... gets out of the van, has a stretch, in the queue has a stretch, at the desk has a stretch! Go to bed early FFS

I'm a stretcher. My old joints and muscles need a good work out after a long car journey, anything over 30 minutes actually, so they need a good stretch so that they can keep working and keep me upright. (Or I might require the other kind of stretcher)!

Stretching is one of life's simple and free joys! You can't beat a good long stretch first thing in the morning, as a break from monotonous desk work or when you've just spent an hour or so bent double over an engine bay.

[glenrobbo]

j_4m said:

Stretching is one of life's simple and free joys! You can't beat a good long stretch first thing in the morning, as a break from monotonous desk work or when you've just spent an hour or so bent double over an engine bay a prison bunk bed when you're doing a 5 stretch.